In the manner of batyatoon,

[camwyn]

I have updated my Web site. Not the Chinese history section, which is a year overdue for an update, but other bits:

- I've added the Brief Guide to the Writing of Crossover Fanfiction;
- I've added How to Pass For Canadian, and
- I've added one or two things you've seen here on LJ at the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon fanfiction page.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

Comments

[ahmeemee.livejournal.com]

You might find this (http://www.icomm.ca/emily/how.html) of interest, if you haven't already seen it.

[camwyn]

I think I saw one of the other pages on her site, but not that one. Thank you!

linguistics note

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

From your website:

You occasionally hear 'about' pronounced 'aboat', but it's not as prominent as American imitators of Canadian accents would like you to believe.

That's because this is most common in central/central-western Canada (and, I've been told, in the neighboring area in the US) and much less common on either coast. I suppose this could be relevant if one is trying to pass as a Canadian from a specific area, although the real trick would be learning to do the vowel shift correctly for *all* the words it affects.

Re: linguistics note

[camwyn]

My first experience with 'aboat' was in sophomore year of high school, at the Forensics Nationals. One of my teammates had cornered a kid from a school in Nebraska. "Say it! Say it again!"

"Um... aboat?"

"Oh my GOD! That's so STRANGE! Say it one more time?"

... rinse, repeat.

Re: linguistics note

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

Ow. Poor Nebraskan kid.

Btw, what's Forensic Nationals? It sounds like a national level forensics competition, but I don't quite see how that would work on with high school students.

Re: linguistics note

[camwyn]

It sounds like a national level forensics competition, but I don't quite see how that would work on with high school students.

Oh, it was. Mary (the person who cornered the Nebraskan kid) and I were there for Extemporaneous Speaking, and several of our team-mates had come along for Duo and for the prepared speech category. Mind you, this was the Catholic schools, not the public schools, but still.